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by jonballant 9y ago
SkyScanner is still the king when searching for flights coupled with the "Explore" option which will return the cheapest flight destinations. You can also simply search for a country such as "Greece" and the results wil
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by jonballant 9y ago
Agreed on the need to include more than just flights especially when traveling through Europe. However SkyScanner just updated their capabilities to include Train travel on their booking similar to GoEuro. I still believe SkyScanner to be
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by jonballant 9y ago
She does seem to make two separate points which is perhaps the flaw in this article. On one hand she is pointing to the economic disparity the locals face compared to the Western Tourists, but at the same time she cannot seem to help herse
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by jonballant 9y ago
There certainly are a huge number of westerners who go visit Asia and treat it like its Epcot Center in Disney World like a zoo that exists for their pleasure. These are real working cities with distinct and ancient cultures that should be
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by jonballant 9y ago
The sentiment of the article is not that there is anything wrong as a white male going to visit these countries. Its how westerners behave while they are over there and the way they interact with locals. By all means go visit in person, ju
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by jonballant 9y ago
I spent a few months working as a tour guide in Vietnam and you are absolutely correct about the difference in economic conditions of the local and the western white men that come. In the job I had which was a mix of educated western backp
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What to Expect When Spotify Goes Public Tuesday(techcrunch.com)
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Fair enough. In my case I am making recommendations to clients, so it sounds like it is best to take it on a case by case basis. The majority of the literature seems to be about avoiding Dirty Reads, but there are some beneficial uses.
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Could another use be to debug something that is happening inside a transaction? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2471055/why-use-a-read-u...
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This is a good article that outlines some of the pros of the Read Uncommitted Level. When speed is pertinent and you need to run multiple transactions quickly, such as an E-commerce store, Read Uncommitted allows you to immediately execute
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by jonballant 9y ago
It depends. A couple databases have a default isolation level that allow dirty reads. Most SQL databases allow you to manually change the isolation level or ReadConcern level to allow Uncommitted Reads if you choose.
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Ask HN: Dirty Reads for Databases: Good Thing or Bad?
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African Dust Turns Snow Orange in Eastern Europe(weather.com)
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Religious Democrats, Young Republicans: What the Stereotypes Miss About Parties(fivethirtyeight.com)
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Uber CEO says there will be no more global exit deals – Latest(techcrunch.com)
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Ask HN: How to find a job in a country where you don't speak the language?
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I just went through a similar experience after a 2 year gap traveling Asia and Australia. Are you looking for work in the USA? My experience in interviews in Europe is that employers were genuinely interested in my time abroad and wanted t
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Why the new Java 10 features list is so small(theserverside.com)
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IBM offers up Watson Assistant, its answer to Amazon’s Alexa(cnet.com)
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Trump Orders Nationwide Ban on Purchase or Use of Venezuela's Cryptocurrency(gizmodo.com)
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No. I can tell you speaking to my family and friends that are part of the "younger generation", while Snapchat and Instagram have grown in popularity (both Facebook companies) every person within their social network still owns t
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Maybe Nobody Wants Your Space Internet(wired.com)
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